Music has the power to sing us back to innocence...and some artists understand...it's not about them.
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It’s Not About Him
© 2005 Bobbie Gallup ASCAP
He’s added a few too many pounds
Like a lotta folks his age
But to them he’s always seventeen
When he walks out on that stage
He can barely hit those high notes
His hair is turning grey
But he knows it’s all the old hits
They come to hear him play
LIFT
Cause he knows
It’s not about him
CHORUS:
Not even those songs from way back when
It’s really all about them
And the power of those memories
To make them feel young again
He knows
It’s not about him
Fingers stiff from years of playing
And some nights his knees will ache
But he sings them back to innocence
He does whatever it will take
He bought an old house in a small town
Tries to forget about his fame
Folks still throng him everywhere he goes
But he knows they’re not to blame
LIFT:
Cause he knows
It’s not about him
CHORUS:
Not even those songs from way back when
It’s really all about them
And the power of those memories
To make them feel young again
He knows
It’s not about him
LIFT:
Cause he knows
BRIDGE:
His music has the power
To bring back those happier times
Before the world lost its reason
And life lost its rhyme
He’s really just a symbol to his adoring fans
That’s what he’s come to understand
LIFT:
Cause he knows
It’s not about him
CHORUS:
Not even those songs from way back when
It’s really all about them
And the power of those memories
To make them feel young again
He knows
It’s not about him
© 2005 B. Gallup & Rachel Kerr